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7,
The System
will
then repeat
the
power-up
sequence
but
,L
go
:j
directly
to
Drive
4
and
load
TRSDOS-II.
The prompt
TRSDOS-II Ready
will
then appear.
8.
Remove
the floppy
diskette
(which contains
TRSDOS-II) and
store
it
in
a
safe place.
Preparing
Your Secondary Hard
Disk
(Drive
5)
You
can
then format the
Secondary Hard
Disk Drive
(5),
if
you
have
one.
(See
FORMAT command
on
page
35.)
Note: This disk
connot be
write
protected
by use
of
the
write
protect switch.
The
FORMAT
Command.
This
is
the
format
to
use
in
typing the
FORMAT
Command:
FORMAT
Erase
and Format
a Disk/Diskette
FORMAT
:d
{options}
d
specifies the drive
to
be
formatted
and
is
a
number
from
0-7
(with
Built-in
Hard
Disk
System
the
number
is
from
0-5).
d
is
optional;
if
omitted,
TRSDOS-N
will
prompt
for
the drive
number.
{options}
is
one
or
more
of
the
following:
ABS=
tells
TRSDOS-II
not
to
prompt
if
the specified drive
contains
data.
If
ABS
is
omitted,
TRSDOS-II prompts
before
overwriting
any
existent data.
ID=
disk-name
tells
TRSODS-II
the
name
to
assign
to
the
disk.
If
omitted,
TRSDOS
will
be
used.
PW=
password
tells
TRSDOS-II
the
master
password
to
assign
to
the
disk.
If
omitted,
PASSWORD
is
used.
The
master
password
allows
access
to
ali
user
files
(via
the
PROT
command),
DIR=
nnn
tells
TRSDOS-II where
to
place
the
primary
directory.
For
hard
disks,
nnn can be any
number
between
0-300;
for
floppy
diskettes, 1-71.
If
omitted,
cylinder
44
is
used
for
floppy
diskettes,
cylinder
130
for
hard
disks.
ALT=
nnn
tells
TRSDOS-II where
to
place
the alternate
directory.
If
nnn=
000,
an
alternate directory
will
not
be
created.
If
omitted, the
formula
directory
+
3
is
used
to
compute
placement
of
the alternate directory.
For floppy
diskettes,
3 represents
three
tracks;
for
hard
disks,
3
represents
three
cylinders.
For hard
disks,
nnn can be
any
number
between
0-303;
for
floppy
diskettes,
any
number
between
1-74.
The
default
value
is
52.
SIZ-
nnnn
tells
TRSDOS-II
how many
filenames
to
allow
for
in
the
initial
directory.
For
hard
disks
and
floppy
diskettes,
nnnn can be
any
number
between
1-1220.
If
omitted,
180
is
used
for
floppy
diskettes;
336
for
hard
disks.
If
SIZ=
nnnn
is
specified,
TRSDOS-II
rounds
off
to
the next multiple
of
4.
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